diff --git a/osbase/kmod/spec/BUILD.bazel b/osbase/kmod/spec/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75bcf63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osbase/kmod/spec/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+load("@rules_proto//proto:defs.bzl", "proto_library")
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//proto:def.bzl", "go_proto_library")
+
+proto_library(
+    name = "spec_proto",
+    srcs = ["meta.proto"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+go_proto_library(
+    name = "spec_go_proto",
+    importpath = "source.monogon.dev/osbase/kmod/spec",
+    proto = ":spec_proto",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+go_library(
+    name = "spec",
+    embed = [":spec_go_proto"],
+    importpath = "source.monogon.dev/osbase/kmod/spec",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/osbase/kmod/spec/gomod-generated-placeholder.go b/osbase/kmod/spec/gomod-generated-placeholder.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f09cd57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osbase/kmod/spec/gomod-generated-placeholder.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package spec
diff --git a/osbase/kmod/spec/meta.proto b/osbase/kmod/spec/meta.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed2cc73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osbase/kmod/spec/meta.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package metropolis.pkg.kmod;
+
+option go_package = "source.monogon.dev/osbase/kmod/spec";
+
+// Module contains important metadata about a Linux kernel module.
+message Module {
+    // Name of the module
+    string name = 1;
+    // Path of the module, relative to the module root.
+    // Unset if built-in.
+    string path = 2;
+    // List of Meta.modules indices on which this module depends.
+    repeated uint32 depends = 3;
+}
+
+message RadixNode {
+    enum Type {
+        // Matches one or more characters literally.
+        LITERAL = 0;
+        // Matches zero or more arbitrary characters.
+        WILDCARD = 1;
+        // Matches exactly one arbitrary character.
+        SINGLE_WILDCARD = 2;
+        // Matches exactly one character between start_byte and end_byte.
+        BYTE_RANGE = 3;
+        // Root matches nothing, but serves a the root node for a radix
+        // tree.
+        ROOT = 4;
+    }
+    Type type = 1;
+
+    // Only valid for LITERAL type
+    string literal = 2;
+
+    // Only valid when BYTE_RANGE type
+    uint32 start_byte = 3;
+    uint32 end_byte = 4;
+
+    // Contains a list of radix nodes which are children of this node.
+    repeated RadixNode children = 5;
+
+    // A list of module indices (in the Meta.modules list) which have
+    // match expressions ending at this node.
+    repeated uint32 module_index = 6;
+}
+
+// Meta contains metadata about all modules in a Linux kernel
+message Meta {
+    // Contains a list of modules, including built-in ones.
+    repeated Module modules = 1;
+
+    // Contains the root node of a radix tree for looking up modules to load
+    // for a given device modalias.
+    RadixNode module_device_matches = 2;
+}
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